Chapter 783

Chapter 783

Meng Tian continued: "Emperor Qi, can you tell the difference between this batch of salt and your special refined salt supplied by the Northern Qi royal family?"

"the difference?"

Hearing this, Emperor Qi looked strange. He subconsciously looked at the old eunuch beside him.

The old eunuch took a closer look, grabbed a handful and said with a horrified expression: "Your Majesty, this batch of salt seems to be smaller than the grains of our Northern Qi royal family's special refined salt. Not only does it feel silky, but the texture seems to be better!"

"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Emperor Qi's face was filled with emotion.

He had just learned that Datang had made a major breakthrough in the technology of refining refined salt. He simply thought that Datang was just refining ordinary refined salt. He did not expect that the refined salt refined by Datang this time was even better than the refined salt specially provided by the Northern Qi royal family.

The old eunuch realized the seriousness of the problem and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will go to the royal kitchen to get some royal salt for comparison!"

"Yeah!" Qi Huang suppressed the shock in his heart.

Within twenty minutes, the old eunuch rushed back from the imperial kitchen in a hurry.

Seeing the royal special supply of refined salt, and then looking at the refined salt extracted from the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Qi's face shook crazily. He was shocked to find that what the old eunuch just said was right, the Tang Dynasty salt completely beat the Northern Qi royal special supply of refined salt.

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Grabbing a little salt from the sack, Emperor Qi took a sip, and then he said in disbelief: "The refined salt refined in the Tang Dynasty actually doesn't have a trace of bitterness. In addition to being salty, it even has a hint of salt flavor!"

"Not bad!" Meng Tian smiled and nodded.

In shock, Emperor Qi couldn't help but ask: "General Meng, could this refined salt be refined by that boy Tang Yu? Don't lie to me about this!"

"Reporting to Emperor Qi, this batch of salt was all refined by the Imperial Family of the Tang Dynasty and has nothing to do with His Highness the Crown Prince! It's just..." At this point, Meng Tian deliberately betrayed himself.

Qi Huang quickly asked: "Just what?"

"It's just that this refined salt refining technology was originally created by His Highness Tang Yu." Meng Tian chuckled.

"Good boy, I knew that the refinement of refined salt in Datang was related to him!"

Emperor Qi laughed loudly. He really didn't expect that his nephew would bring him another huge surprise.

Meng Tian knew that Emperor Qi was Tang Yu's uncle, so there was no need for him to hide anything.

After laughing, Emperor Qi looked at Meng Tian and said, "General Meng, you definitely didn't come to Northern Qi just to deliver refined salt, right? Tell me, how does Datang want to cooperate with me?"

"Qi Huang is really happy!"

Seeing Emperor Qi go straight to the topic, Meng Tian said bluntly: "Emperor Qi, the price of salt has been unstable since ancient times, and the salt market conditions in various countries are different! However, there is a saying in various countries, which is called three dans per meter of salt. , which shows how expensive salt is! In the Tang Dynasty, I personally asked that a pound of official salt on the market costs two hundred coins!"

"Well! Go on!" Emperor Qi was very interested.

Meng Tian continued: "Although the currencies of various countries are different, the common currency of each country is gold and silver. In our Tang Dynasty, one tael of silver is equal to one thousand cash, and one tael of silver can buy five kilograms of salt! But official salt and royal special salt The refined salt is different, and the royal special refined salt is never sold!”

"However, some refined salt has secretly flowed into the hands of the princes and nobles. After some speculation, the royal special refined salt costs at least ten taels of silver at the lowest price, and can be sold for hundreds of taels at the highest price!"

"Yes, it seems that General Meng did a lot of homework before coming!" Emperor Qi nodded.

Meng Tian continued: "After some discussions between His Majesty and others, we, the Tang Dynasty, have decided to sell it to the outside world at ten times the minimum value of the refined salt specially provided by the royal families of various countries!"

"What? Sell it to the outside world at ten times the minimum value?"

As soon as these words came out, Qi Huang said with horror: "The lowest price is ten taels of silver, and ten times it is one hundred taels of silver. Your Tang Dynasty wants to sell a pound of refined salt for a hundred taels. Is it possible that the Tang Emperor and the entire civil and military dynasty of the Tang Dynasty are crazy? ?”